Entropic risk analysis by a high level decision support system for construction SMEs

Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-94

  Tang, L C M ^a   Leung, A Y T ^b   Wong, C W Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Construction industry; Decision support systems; Entropy; Risk

Indexed keywords

DECISION ANALYSIS; DECISION VECTORS; EVALUATION PROCESS; MULTI-CRITERION; PROJECT RISK; RISK CRITERIA; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE; SURVEY DATA;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; ENTROPY; FUZZY LOGIC; OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY FACTOR;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 73349121965     PISSN: 08873801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3801(2010)24:1(81)     Document Type: Article

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